lacking fresh air; a dusty airless attic; the dreadfully close atmosphere; hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke

[ Syn: airless , close , unaired ]

excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull; why is the middle class so stodgy, so utterly without a sense of humor?; a stodgy dinner party

[ Syn: stodgy ]

affected with a sensation of stoppage or obstruction; a stuffy feeling in my chest'